APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) — A collective of five women-serving organizations that first collaborated to observe the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution in 2020, hopes to build on the momentum created by the original initiative to advance equal rights for women.
Under the name Women’s Action Coalition of the Fox Valley (WAC), its mission will be to advocate for women’s equality. The coalition represents the Women’s Fund for the Fox Valley Region, League of Women Voters of Appleton-Fox Cities, American Association of University Women-Appleton, Northeast Wisconsin Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., and Mid-Day Women’s Alliance.
Leadership will rotate among the partner organizations annually, with the Women’s Fund coordinating this first year. Each year WAC will sponsor events and activities focused on empowering women and girls.
The community launch of the coalition’s activity will be the national observance of Women’s Equality Day, which occurs annually on August 26.
Women from the community will be invited to participate in an Equality Day activity at the Appleton Farm Market on Saturday, August 26 in Houdini Plaza.
By working with Appleton Downtown Inc., Graham Images, and PhotoOpp, the Women’s Action Coalition will create an oral history and visual project about women and girls in the Fox Cities.
At the August 26 Farm Market, student photographers monitored by professionals from PhotoOpp will snap Polaroid photos of attendees who share their own experiences on the topic of women’s equality and what it’s like to be a woman in the Fox Cities.
Participants will keep their photo, and copies of all of the photos and comments will be combined for the formal WAC project.
“Right now we’re working on where those pictures and quotes will be, and what our end product is going to be,” said executive director for the Women’s Fund, Julie Keller. “We definitely want to be sure that this is out there.”
Click here to learn more about the Women’s Action Coalition.
